In 2016, she developed her love for Bamboo through collaborating with Balianese Architect, Amir Rabik’s “Mekasan” for Woodford Folk Festival.
This opened Stewart to work with Cave Urban on various projects such as Ian Potter’s Centennial Park ‘Wild Play’ in 2017 and Jorg Stamm’s Shade Structure, sponsored by ‘Evenleigh Work’ for Woodford Folk Festival in 2018.
 
Stewart won the Innovate: Situate Design Prize in 2019  In Partnership between Lismore City Council and Southern Cross University, she and architect, Mercurio Mendez, were able to create a sustainable shade structure for Lismore’s Regional Art gallery. Through the support of the local community, Stewart was able to explore how the human form can be an inspiration in creating a space that encourages those to slow down and reflect.

The form of ‘Woven’ evokes two intersecting cups, drawing upon the human hand as inspiration, referencing two intertwining bodies and the many ‘helping hands,’ that proved critical in the traumatic aftermath of the 2017 floods in Lismore.

Surrendering to the natural environment is a theme that Stewart is currently interested in understanding.